A careful degrease and dress of the engine bay, so the part buyers open first looks as cared for as the paint.
Around one hour, and best booked alongside an exterior or full detail while the vehicle is already with us.
Best value when added to another service. Heavily contaminated bays, oil soaked components or vehicles with known electrical faults are assessed first and may be declined for safety.
It is the cheapest service on our menu and it changes a buyer or an inspector opinion faster than anything else.
A clean engine bay signals a maintained vehicle. Private buyers open the hood, and what they see there sets the tone for the whole negotiation.
Oil, coolant and power steering weeps are invisible under years of grime. On a clean bay a new leak shows up the week it starts.
Anyone working on the vehicle, including you, has an easier and cleaner job on a bay that is not caked in road film.
Thick grease and leaf litter packed around components hold heat. A clean bay runs the way it was designed to.
Alternator, fuse box, intake and any exposed electronics are covered before a drop of water goes anywhere near them.
We dress plastics and hoses to a factory satin. A dripping, silicone soaked bay looks cheap and collects dust immediately.
We never spray a hot engine. Thermal shock cracks plastic and can warp components, so the bay is cool before anything begins.
Every sensitive component is covered. This step is the entire difference between a safe engine bay clean and an expensive mistake.
Product dwells, then brushes do the work by hand. Pressure is not what removes baked on grime, agitation is.
Low pressure rinse, compressed air through the connectors, then a satin dressing on plastics and hoses.
Engine bay detailing is the controlled cleaning of the area under the hood. Sensitive electrical components are covered, degreaser is applied and agitated, the bay is rinsed at low pressure, then dried and dressed so plastics and hoses return to a factory satin finish rather than a wet shine.
Yes, when it is done with covered electronics, a cooled engine and low pressure water. The damage stories almost always come from someone taking a pressure washer to a hot engine at close range. We cover the alternator, fuse box and intake before any water is used.
Engine bay detailing is $100 and takes about an hour. It is best value added to a full or exterior detail, since the vehicle is already with us and there is no second trip.
We will clean it, but we will tell you first that the result is temporary until the leak is repaired. Cleaning is actually useful in this situation, because it makes the source of the leak visible for whoever is fixing it.
Not at close range. We use a low pressure rinse and let the degreaser and hand agitation do the work. High pressure water forces its way past seals and into connectors, which is exactly what causes electrical faults later.
No, and that is deliberate. A heavily silicone dressed bay looks slick for a week, then attracts every speck of dust and turns streaky. We dress to a factory satin finish, which looks correct and lasts far longer.
Yes. Newer vehicles are generally better sealed than older ones. What we do avoid is any bay where we can see damaged wiring insulation, an aftermarket electrical install we cannot assess, or exposed connectors that should not be exposed. We will tell you if we see that.
Complete interior and exterior service. The full reset, inside and out, in one visit.
Deep vacuum, steam, shampoo and conditioning. Every seam, vent and crevice.
Hand wash, decontamination, wheels, tires, trim and a protective finish.
System X paint protection with a deep gloss and a hydrophobic, self cleaning finish.
Machine polishing that removes swirl marks, oxidation and light scratches.
Cut back yellowed, hazy lenses and seal them for clearer light and a sharper front end.
Hangar and ramp detailing for private aircraft, using aviation safe products.
Add an engine bay detail to any booking, or call and ask us whether yours is worth doing.